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The Great Works of Literature . Upanishads Development of the Initial India Metaphysics Centered on the relationship between Self and Not Self Brahman/ ātman Also very distinct in their construction of the notion of self/soul/ ātman Bṛhadāraṇyaka ( Brhadaranyaka ) Upanishad - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Great Works of Literature Upanishads
Development of the Initial India Metaphysics Centered on the relationship between Self and Not
Self Brahman/ātman
Also very distinct in their construction of the notion of self/soul/ātman
Bṛhadāraṇyaka (Brhadaranyaka) Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadCākrāyana
Gives us a very clear, precise explanation about the relationship between Ātman/Brahman “The self within all is the self of yours” “You can’t see the seer who does the seeing….”
This also introduces us to an idea that will later be recognized as PuruśaPrakrti
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadGārgi
FemaleShe takes on
Yājñavalkya twice First wave
A stanch ontological inquiry into the nature of reality “upon what is ‘X’
woven upon?” Yājñavalkya warns her
not too press too hard She concedes
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadGārgi
Second wave A pressing ontological
assault Two questions
Yājñavalkya gives her two answers Time/Space is woven on
Brahman Consciousness
Brahman Consciousness is woven on the ‘imperishable’ Puruśa/Witness
Consciousness
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadŚākalya
This passage begins with the famous ‘how many gods are there’ question 303,303 33 6 3 2 1 and a half 1 Just their powers, no gods 33
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpanishadŚākalya
He goes on to aggressively deconstruct several complex factors of Indian Metaphysics
Yājñavalkya answers all the questions except those regarding the nature of self Neti Neti
Chandogya UpanishadNature of Self and its relation to Brahman
Central Metaphors Clay in pottery Heart of a seed Salt in water
“Tat Tvam Asi”
Understanding the SelfThe point of Samkhya Yoga is to unify
yourself with your most inner selfThis comes from recognizing the three gunas
which make up prakrti Sattva
Clarity, light, lucidity Rajas
Passion, spice, engagement Tamas
Inertia, dullness, darkness
Understanding the SelfSo, the gunas in, for example, food, would
work like this Sattva
Water, Couscous, Salt Rajas
Peppers, Tomatoes, Sugar Tamas
Potatoes, Butter, Red Meat
Understanding the SelfThe aim of learning about the gunas
If you can identify the three components of a given event, be it mental or physical, then you can see that none of it is you It may seem like it’s your passion, but in truth it’s
just passion, and you’re watching it This becomes most clear when you ‘balance’ the
gunas, as you do in yoga Well, yoga as we think of it anyway
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